 Have you ever heard about the guy who had a dream and went about creating what he once envisioned? Wait, do you hear this? Once just an obsessive thirst for knowledge but eventually leading to the hunger and determination to replicate the real thing, Thomas Rocco Onan went about building an ancient style pyramid in Illinois and he lives in it with his family. Located between Route 41 and the tri-state tollway north of Gurney, it first opened for public tours in 1986, long after it began attracting gawkers. The 12,000 square feet of gold covering was estimated to be worth 500,000 in the mid-1980s. A 200-tonne 64-foot tall statue of Ramsay II still greets visitors as they enter. A four-car garage inside a three-pyramid figure sits near the west base of the 17,000-square-foot pyramid home. The house, a one-ninth-size model of the great pyramid, is surrounded by a natural spring moat. The 11.5-acre site is enclosed by an elaborately decorated wall. Inside the multi-windowed home has dozens of Egyptian artifacts as well as historical Egyptian reproductions. Upon completion of this great pyramid of Illinois, something strange began to occur inside the pyramid. At the very center, in fact, the energy of the pyramid began to draw spring water up from the deep underground, on its says the energy from the pyramid is just astonishing. At six stories high, surrounded by a moat and guarded by spectacular Egyptian artifacts, this place is something so astonishing that you literally need to see it to believe it. With attractions to the site including a replica of the tomb of Tutankhamen and adorned with hieroglyphics and ancient paintings, you could be forgiven for thinking this place was the real deal. The statue of Ramsey II is just astonishing. 200-ton in weight, you have to wonder just how it was built. Does Thomas own and know the secrets of the ancients? Or is it just a nice replica in the shape of the pyramid? What do you guys think of this anyway? Comments below and thank you for watching.